Bird Flu - Solution with Tamiflu : Fine Generics

Bird Flu - Solution with Tamiflu
Common Flu or influenza may be caused due to infection by Type A or Type B viruses which cause respiratory problems, fever, chill aches and pain and also cough and sore throat to the person infected with influenza viruses...

Common Flu or influenza may be caused due to infection by Type A or Type B viruses which cause respiratory problems, fever, chill aches and pain and also cough and sore throat to the person infected with influenza viruses. The infection becomes dangerous if neglected at the beginning.

The influenza virus attack becomes severe and can result into life threatening Pneumonia. Some times more ailments are caused due to secondary bacterial infection.

The disease is very easy to spread, as the virus from the infected person can attack the person next to him or her. In this manner the whole group of persons may be infected by the virus.

The body resistance against virus attack is different for different persons. May be some persons in the community have greater resistance power to be immune against the virus attack. Some of the persons may have taken some preventive measures which can check the virus attack. And so on.

Let us now discuss about the available medicinal treatment of both the Type A and Type B viruses.

Amantadine and Rimantadine antiviral medicines have been found to be suitable for treatment of Type A virus attack. However, these medicines are not suitable for other kinds of virus infection or for other disease particularly these medicines are ineffective for treatment against the infection from bird flu or avian influenza virus.

The anti viral medicine Relenza is very much effective for treatment and prevention from infection by both Type A and Type B of Influenza. This medicine is also found to be effective against infection by bird flu virus. But the problem is that the medicine is not available in bulk quantities which may be required in the event of a community outbreak of this kind of virus infection. In fact this problem has shaken different parts of the world in recent years.

Birds are also susceptible to flu virus infection and when they are attacked by the virus it is called bird flu or avian influenza. As the disease can quickly spread form one bird to the whole lot, immediate quarantining of the healthy birds and culling of all the infected birds are necessary, because the disease may attack the humans who come in close contacts of the infected birds.

Studies have proved that when the bird flu virus enters human body, it may change its form and become fatal to humans. Studies also predict that a new mutated virus may come up which will be resistant to anti viral medicines. In fact spread of bird flu virus in different parts of the world for the last three to four years not only resulted in culling and quarantining of millions of chickens but also caused human deaths in far eastern countries.

All these things have generated the present media noise about the spread of bird flu virus to different parts of the world and there is a frantic search for a suitable medicine to fight bird flu virus infection particularly to save the human population.

We have pointed earlier that normal medicines like amantadine or rimantadine are not effective for treatment of infection due to bird flu virus. The only suitable medicine for treatment and prevention from the infection by bird flu virus is Oseltamivir Phosphate which is the medical name of Tamiflu.

The anti viral drug Tamiflu is suitable for treatment of infection by Types A and B Influenza virus. Tamiflu prevents new viruses from emerging from infected cells. This ultimately checks spreading of the virus form one to the other.

However, higher dosage and longer period of treatment will be required for treatment of person infected with Avian Influenza virus.